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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 1
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSabaca Musa textilis MUSACEAE Plot 76
abiu Pouteria caimito 'Whitman' SAPOTACEAE Plot 128a
Abraham-bush:hardhead:scipio-bush:sword-bush
Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus PHYLLANTHACEAE Plot 158:Plot 164
African iris Dietes iridioides IRIDACEAE Plot 143African Mahogany Khaya nyasica MELIACEAE Plot 131:Plot 19a:Plot 58African moringa Moringa stenopetala MORINGACEAE Plot 32a
African oil palm Elaeis guineensis ARECACEAEPlot 71a:Plot 83:Plot 84a:Plot 96
African spiral flag Costus lucanusianus COSTACEAE Plot 76African tulip-tree Spathodea campanulata BIGNONIACEAE Plot 29alligator flag Thalia geniculata MARANTACEAE Royal Palm Lakeallspice Pimenta dioica MYRTACEAE Plot 158:Plot 45:Plot 46Amazon lily Eucharis x grandiflora AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 131Amazon-lily Eucharis amazonica AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 131:Plot 151:Plot 152American beauty berry
Callicarpa americana LAMIACEAEPlot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 19b:Plot 3a:Plot 51
anaqua Ehretia anacua BORAGINACEAE Plot 52anchovy pear Grias cauliflora LECYTHIDACEAE Plot 112:Plot 32bandiroba:bastard mahogany
Carapa guianensis MELIACEAE Plot 133:Plot 158
angel's trumpet Brugmansia aurea SOLANACEAE Plot 27d:Plot 50angel's trumpet Brugmansia aurea x SOLANACEAE Plot 32bannatto Bixa orellana BIXACEAE Plot 19a:Antillean apricot:mammee-apple
Mammea americana CALOPHYLLACEAE Plot 49
aping:jaka Arenga undulatifolia ARECACEAEPlot 117:Plot 129b:Plot 72:Plot 75
aquatic milkweed:white milkweed
Asclepias perennis ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 19b
Arabian coffee Coffea arabica RUBIACEAE Plot 130:Plot 24
Arabian jasmineJasminum sambac 'Grand Duke of Tuscany'
OLEACEAE Plot 19a:Plot 29:Plot 5
araca-boi:pichi Eugenia stipitata MYRTACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
Areca palm:butterfly palm
Dypsis lutescens ARECACEAEPlot 129a:Plot 134:Plot 137:Plot 142:Plot 144:Plot 147:Plot 76
arikury palm Syagrus schizophylla ARECACEAEPlot 112:Plot 152:Plot 68:Plot 82
arrowroot Maranta arundinacea MARANTACEAE Plot 27c
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 2
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSassai palm Euterpe oleracea ARECACEAE Plot 151
Assam indigo Strobilanthes cusia ACANTHACEAEPlot 103b:Plot 18:Plot 49:Plot 50:Wings of the Tropics
Australian flame-tree:Illawarra - red shower
Brachychiton acerifolius MALVACEAE Plot 35
Australian tree fern Cyathea cooperi CYATHEACEAE Plot 151
Australian tree fern Sphaeropteris cooperi CYATHEACEAE Plot 131:Plot 152
avocado Persea americana LAURACEAE Plot 103cavocado Persea americana 'Darien' LAURACEAE Plot 116
Bahama ladder brake Pteris bahamensis POLYPODIACEAE Plot 64
Bahama pigeon-plum Coccoloba tenuifolia POLYGONACEAE Plot 164
Bahama senna:Chapman's sensitive plant
Senna mexicana var. chapmanii
FABACEAEPlot 17:Plot 176b:Plot 19a:Plot 19b:Plot 35:Plot 5
Bahama stopper Psidium androsianum MYRTACEAE Plot 164:Plot 166Bahama strongbark Bourreria succulenta BORAGINACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 52
Bahama swamp-bush Pavonia bahamensis MALVACEAEPlot 166:Plot 26:Plot 35:Wings of the Tropics
Bahama wild coffee:smooth wild coffee
Psychotria ligustrifolia RUBIACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 57a
Bailey palm Copernicia baileyana ARECACEAEPlot 115:Plot 150a:Plot 150b:Plot 162:Plot 169:Plot 77:Plot 78:Plot 80
bald cypress Taxodium distichum TAXODIACEAEPlot 61:Plot 64:Plot 65:Plot 66:Plot 96
balsam torchwood Amyris balsamifera RUTACEAE Plot 39
bamboo palm Chamaedorea microspadix ARECACEAE Plot 119
bamboo palm Chamaedorea seifrizii ARECACEAEPlot 112:Plot 132:Plot 142:Plot 143:Plot 149
banana Musa 'African Rhino Horn' MUSACEAE Plot 50banana Musa 'Ele Ele' MUSACEAE Plot 49banana Musa 'Goldfinger' MUSACEAE Plot 32b:Plot 51banana Musa 'High Noon' MUSACEAE Plot 51banana Musa 'Ice Cream' MUSACEAE Plot 27cbanana Musa 'Kandrian' MUSACEAE Plot 27f:Plot 45:Plot 66banana Musa 'Misi Luki' MUSACEAE Plot 152:Plot 51
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 3
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSbanana Musa 'Mona Lisa' MUSACEAE Plot 51banana Musa 'Mysore' MUSACEAE Plot 27abanana Musa 'Pitogo' MUSACEAE Plot 27abanana Musa 'Praying Hands' MUSACEAE Plot 51banana Musa 'Raja Puri' MUSACEAE Plot 152:Plot 50banana Musa 'Red Iholene' MUSACEAE Plot 27abanana Musa 'Rose' MUSACEAE Plot 51banana Musa 'Saba' MUSACEAE Plot 10:Plot 27fbanana Musa 'Truly Tiny' MUSACEAE Plot 51Banara Banara reticulata SALICACEAE Plot 164
banded wild-pine:twisted airplant
Tillandsia flexuosa BROMELIACEAE Plot 3b
banyan tree Ficus benghalensis MORACEAE Plot 62:Plot 99a
baobab Adansonia digitata MALVACEAE Plot 112:Plot 153b:Plot 3b
Barbados cherry Malpighia glabra MALPIGHIACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 25Barbados olive Bontia daphnoides MYOPORACEAE Plot 166
bastard manchineel Cameraria latifolia APOCYNACEAE Plot 170:Plot 171:Plot 3a
bat flower Tacca chantrieri TACCACEAE RPH-A1:RPH-B3bay-cedar Suriana maritima SURIANACEAE Plot 164:Plot 19b
bay-rum tree Pimenta racemosa MYRTACEAE
Plot 158:Plot 17:Plot 3a:Plot 41a:Plot 45:Plot 46:Plot 55a:Plot 57a:Plot 66:Plot 74:Wings of the Tropics
beach screw-pine Pandanus tectorius PANDANACEAE Plot 81beechey bamboo Bambusa beecheyana POACEAE Plot 159beef bush Tabebuia bahamensis BIGNONIACEAE Plot 164:Plot 41abegonia Begonia 'Bandit' BEGONIACEAE RPH-B1
Belize sage Salvia miniata LAMIACEAEPlot 101d:Plot 143:Plot 24:Plot 43:Plot 49
bell flower Portlandia grandiflora RUBIACEAE Plot 25:Plot 8
belmore sentry palm Howea belmoreana ARECACEAE Plot 120
Bengal creeper:sky vine
Thunbergia grandiflora ACANTHACEAE Plot 4
Bermuda fan palm Sabal bermudana ARECACEAEPlot 101a:Plot 102:Plot 109:Plot 71a:Plot 89b
Bernie's tamarind Diploglottis bernieana SAPINDACEAE Plot 151betel palm Areca catechu ARECACEAE Plot 149betel:betle pepper:Pan
Piper betle PIPERACEAE Plot 19a
big floatingheart Nymphoides aquatica MENYANTHACEAE Hammock Lake
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 4
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSbignay Antidesma bunius PHYLLANTHACEAE Plot 127:Plot 41abilimbi Averrhoa bilimbi OXALIDACEAE Plot 3a
bird of paradise Strelitzia reginae STRELITZIACEAEPlot 102:Plot 123b:Plot 3a:Plot 90a
birds-nest fern Asplenium nidus ASPLENIACEAEPlot 131:Plot 132:Plot 139:Plot 24
Bismark palm Bismarckia nobilis ARECACEAEPlot 1:Plot 101a:Plot 136:Plot 137:Plot 139:Plot 71c:Plot 83:Plot 85
bitter bush Rauvolfia viridis APOCYNACEAE Plot 47
bitter-bush Picramnia pentandra SIMAROUBACEAEPlot 19b:Plot 24:Plot 29:Plot 32b:Plot 43
bitterwood Quassia amara SIMAROUBACEAE Plot 32a
black bean:Moreton Bay chestnut
Castanospermum australe FABACEAE Plot 153a
black calabash Amphitecna latifolia BIGNONIACEAE Plot 29:Plot 84ablack ebony Pera bumeliifolia PERACEAE Plot 164
black ironwood Krugiodendron ferreum RHAMNACEAEPlot 143:Plot 164:Plot 195:Plot 3a:Plot 3b:Plot 41c
black mangrove Avicennia germinans AVICENNIACEAE Plot 158black mulberry Morus nigra MORACEAE Plot 38:black nicker:Mato Negro
Caesalpinia monensis FABACEAE Plot 50
black olive Bucida buceras COMBRETACEAE Plot 32b:Plot 55b:Plot 60
black palm Astrocaryum standleyanum ARECACEAE Plot 112
black sapote Diospyros digyna EBENACEAE Plot 35black sapote Diospyros digyna 'Oblong' EBENACEAE Plot 127black torch Erithalis fruticosa RUBIACEAE Plot 163:Plot 19a:Plot 19bblackbead:FL Keys blackbead
Pithecellobium keyense FABACEAE Plot 19a:Plot 19b:Plot 64
blackberry jam fruit Randia formosa RUBIACEAE Plot 25
blackberry-lily Iris domestica IRIDACEAE Plot 143blolly Guapira discolor NYCTAGINACEAE Plot 164:Plot 197:Plot 62blolly Guapira obtusata NYCTAGINACEAE Plot 158:Plot 164
blood lilyScadoxus multiflorus ssp. katherinae
AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 104:Plot 52
blue beargrass tree Nolina nelsonii ASPARAGACEAE Plot 6
blue butterfly bushRotheca myricoides 'Ugandense'
LAMIACEAE Plot 19a
blue candle Myrtillocactus geometrizans CACTACEAE Plot 6
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 5
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSblue century plant Agave neglecta ASPARAGACEAE Plot 1
blue hesper palm Brahea armata ARECACEAEPlot 101b:Plot 134:Plot 139:Plot 176a
blue latan palm Latania loddigesii ARECACEAE Plot 108
blue marble tree:blue quandong
Elaeocarpus angustifolius ELAEOCARPACEAE Plot 130:Plot 132:Plot 73
blue marbles Elaeocarpus grandis ELAEOCARPACEAE Plot 133:Plot 45
blue microsorum:blue fern
Microsorum thailandicum POLYPODIACEAE RPH-B6
blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum ASTERACEAE Plot 19bblue rat's tail:snakeweed
Stachytarpheta urticifolia VERBENACEAE Wings of the Tropics
blue sage Eranthemum pulchellum ACANTHACEAE Plot 4:Plot 44:Plot 57ablushing philodendron
Philodendron erubescens ARACEAE RPH-B6
boar hog bush Callicarpa hitchcockii LAMIACEAE Plot 164:Bolivian sunset Seemannia sylvatica GESNERIACEAE Plot 112
bottle palm Hyophorbe lagenicaulis ARECACEAEPlot 101c:Plot 110:Plot 149:Plot 86:Plot 87c
boundary tree Newbouldia laevis BIGNONIACEAE Plot 29
Bozy Adansonia madagascariensis MALVACEAE Plot 35
Brasiletto Caesalpinia vesicaria FABACEAE Plot 153a:Plot 164:Plot 197
Brazil beauty leaf Calophyllum calaba CALOPHYLLACEAE Plot 153a:Plot 84aBrazil wood Caesalpinia punctata FABACEAE Plot 10bridal bouquet Plumeria pudica APOCYNACEAE Plot 14:Plot 55bbridal veil Caesalpinia granadillo FABACEAE Plot 12bridal wreath Stephanotis floribunda ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 137:Plot 4
brittle maidenhair fern
Adiantum tenerum ADIANTACEAEPlot 131:Plot 132:RPH-B8:Whitman Fruit Pavilion
broad halberd fern Tectaria heracleifolia ASPIDIACEAE
Plot 112:Plot 152:Plot 64:RPH-A1:Wings of the Tropics:Whitman Fruit Pavilion
broadleaved brown pine
Podocarpus dispermus PODOCARPACEAE Plot 152
broom thatch Thrinax parviflora ARECACEAE Plot 107:Plot 70bull-horn Acacia Acacia cornigera FABACEAE Plot 50bull-vine Cissus intermedia VITACEAE Plot 164:Plot 4burdekin-plum Pleiogynium timoriense ANACARDIACEAE Plot 43buri palm Allagoptera caudescens ARECACEAE Plot 130:Plot 71c
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 6
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTS
bush palmetto:dwarf palmetto
Sabal minor ARECACEAEPlot 113:Plot 68:Plot 82:Plot 88:Plot 97b
buttercup tree Cochlospermum vitifolium COCHLOSPERMACEAE Plot 27f
butterfly gardeniaTabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno'
APOCYNACEAE Plot 4:Plot 41a:Plot 5
butterfly gingerHedychium coccineum 'Disney'
ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 72:Plot 76
butterfly gingerHedychium coccineum var. aurantiacum 'Flaming Torch'
ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 71c
butterfly ginger Hedychium 'Moy Giant' ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 104:Plot 71c:Plot 76
butterfly ginger:white ginger
Hedychium coronarium ZINGIBERACEAEPlot 104:Plot 49:Plot 50:Plot 72
butterfly pea Clitoria ternatea FABACEAE Plot 19b
butterfly sage Varronia bullata ssp. humilis BORAGINACEAE Plot 19b
buttonwood Conocarpus erectus COMBRETACEAE
Plot 154:Plot 155a:Plot 162:Plot 163:Plot 164:Plot 166:Plot 198:Plot 55a:Plot 85:Plot 86:Plot 89a:Plot 92:Plot 98a
Caapi Banisteriopsis caapi MALPIGHIACEAE Plot 24
cabbage palm:palmetto palm
Sabal palmetto ARECACEAE
Plot 101d:Plot 102:Plot 106:Plot 109:Plot 137:Plot 144:Plot 161:Plot 163:Plot 164:Plot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 19b:Plot 64:Plot 72:Plot 97b:Plot 98b
cabbage tree Cussonia spicata ARALIACEAE Plot 19a
cacao:chocolate tree Theobroma cacao MALVACEAEPlot 128a:Plot 152:Whitman Fruit Pavilion
cadaga Eucalyptus torelliana MYRTACEAE Plot 45cagicake:niuniu Veitchia filifera ARECACEAE Plot 132calabash nutmeg Monodora myristica ANNONACEAE Plot 19acalappa palm Actinorhytis calapparia ARECACEAE Plot 132:Plot 71c
Canary Islands date palm
Phoenix canariensis ARECACEAEPlot 139:Plot 143:Plot 192:Plot 72:Plot 81:Plot 84a
candelabra bush Senna alata FABACEAE Plot 19bcandle-tree Parmentiera cereifera BIGNONIACEAE Plot 29
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 7
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTScandy corn plant Wagatea spicata FABACEAE Plot 4
canistel Pouteria campechiana 'Bruce' SAPOTACEAE Plot 127
cannonball tree Couroupita guianensis LECYTHIDACEAEPlot 137:Plot 152:Plot 45:Plot 93
Cape Aloe:Bitter Aloe Aloe ferox ASPARAGACEAE Plot 31
Cape fig Ficus capensis MORACEAE Plot 38cape honeysuckle Tecomaria capensis BIGNONIACEAE Wings of the TropicsCape jasmine Gardenia jasminoides RUBIACEAE Plot 24Cape leadwort Plumbago auriculata PLUMBAGINACEAE Plot 137:Plot 19bcarambola Averrhoa carambola OXALIDACEAE Plot 3acarambola Averrhoa carambola 'B-10' OXALIDACEAE Plot 127
cardinal-flower Odontonema strictum ACANTHACEAEPlot 57a:Wings of the Tropics
carib wood Sabinea carinalis FABACEAE Plot 192Caribbean copper plant
Euphorbia cotinifolia 'Atropurpurea'
EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 41a
caricature plant Graptophyllum pictum ACANTHACEAE Plot 119:Plot 4
carnauba wax palm Copernicia prunifera ARECACEAEPlot 107:Plot 169:Plot 171:Plot 91a
carpet-plant Episcia cupreata GESNERIACEAE RPH-A1cascalote Caesalpinia cacalaco FABACEAE Plot 50
cascarilla bark:sweetwood bark
Croton eluteria EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 164
cat's claw Pithecellobium unguis-cati FABACEAE Plot 164
Cayman thatch palm:Proctor's silver palm
Coccothrinax proctorii ARECACEAEPlot 107:Plot 162:Plot 170:Plot 65:Plot 68:
Central American banyan
Ficus pertusa MORACEAE Plot 96
ceriman Monstera deliciosa ARACEAEPlot 105:Plot 112:Plot 132:Plot 18
Ceylon ironwood Mesua ferrea CALOPHYLLACEAE Plot 49Ceylon senna Cassia roxburghii FABACEAE Plot 34Ceylon-oak:lac tree Schleichera oleosa SAPINDACEAE Plot 44chalice vine Solandra grandiflora SOLANACEAE Plot 8champaca Magnolia champaca MAGNOLIACEAE Plot 19a
Chapman's gayfeather Liatris chapmanii ASTERACEAE Plot 176a
chaya Cnidoscolus aconitifolius EUPHORBIACEAEPlot 134:Plot 18:Plot 19b:Wings of the Tropics
chenille plant Acalypha hispida EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 4
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 8
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSchestnut vine Tetrastigma voinierianum VITACEAE Plot 102:Plot 138achiggery-grapes Tournefortia hirsutissima BORAGINACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 64
Chinese box orange Atalantia buxifolia RUTACEAE Plot 39
Chinese coffin tree Taiwania cryptomerioides TAXODIACEAE Plot 130
Chinese croton Excoecaria cochinchinensis EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 130:Plot 132
Chinese evergreen Aglaonema simplex ARACEAE Plot 132
Chinese fan palm Livistona chinensis ARECACEAE
Plot 119:Plot 125:Plot 149:Plot 151:Plot 152:Plot 82:Plot 84a:Plot 84b:Plot 90:Plot 90d
Chinese hat plant Holmskioldia sanguinea LAMIACEAE Plot 143:Plot 3aChinese taro Alocasia cucullata ARACEAE Plot 130chorcha de gallo Pogonopus speciosus RUBIACEAE Plot 24:Plot 4Christmas berry Lycium carolinianum SOLANACEAE Plot 166
Christmas palm:Manila palm:Adonidia palm
Adonidia merrillii ARECACEAEPlot 142:Plot 143:Plot 151:Plot 152
chupa chupaQuararibea cordata 'Whitman'
MALVACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
cigar flower Cuphea ignea LYTHRACEAE Plot 19bcinnecord Acacia choriophylla FABACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 50cliff date palm Phoenix rupicola ARECACEAE Plot 104:Plot 77:Plot 98bcliff spurge Euphorbia misera EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 19bclimbing palm Chamaedorea elatior ARECACEAE Plot 142:Plot 149
climbing vine fern Microgramma heterophylla POLYPODIACEAE Plot 3b:Plot 64
climbing ylang-ylang Artabotrys hexapetalus ANNONACEAE Plot 19a:Plot 27f
cluster fig Ficus racemosa MORACEAE Plot 28:Plot 38
clustered fishtail palm Caryota mitis ARECACEAEPlot 101d:Plot 112:Plot 119:Plot 130:Plot 71a:Plot 71b
coastal plain willow Salix caroliniana SALICACEAE Plot 55a
coastal red milkwood Mimusops caffra SAPOTACEAE Plot 156a
cobana negra Stahlia monosperma FABACEAE Plot 96cocobey Cordia bahamensis BORAGINACEAE Plot 19b
coco-de-mer:double coconut
Lodoicea maldivica ARECACEAE RPH-B8
coconut Cocos nucifera ARECACEAE Plot 154
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 9
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTS
coconutCocos nucifera 'Yellow Spicata Dwarf'
ARECACEAE Plot 90a
coconut orchid Maxillaria tenuifolia ORCHIDACEAE Plot 57a:RPH-C1
coco-plum Chrysobalanus icaco CHRYSOBALANACEAEPlot 154:Plot 155a:Plot 191:Plot 54:Plot 59:Plot 61:Plot 62:Plot 64
coffee Coffea arabica 'Caturra' RUBIACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilioncoin vine Dalbergia ecastophyllum FABACEAE Plot 156cColville's glory Colvillea racemosa FABACEAE Plot 192:Plot 35:Plot 50
common screw-pine Pandanus utilis PANDANACEAE Plot 12:Plot 170:Plot 95
common velvet-seed Guettarda elliptica RUBIACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 97b
Confederate jasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides
APOCYNACEAE Plot 38:Plot 3a
coral bean Erythrina herbacea FABACEAE Plot 32a:Plot 64coral bush Russelia coccinea SCROPHULARIACEAE Plot 19a
coral hoarypeaTephrosia angustissima var. corallicola
FABACEAE Plot 176a
coral honeysuckle:trumpet honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens CAPRIFOLIACEAE Plot 19b
coral plant Jatropha multifida EUPHORBIACEAE Wings of the Tropics
coral tree Macaranga grandifolia EUPHORBIACEAEPlot 128d:Plot 43:Plot 44:Plot 50
cordgrass Spartina sp. POACEAEcorkystem passionflower
Passiflora suberosa PASSIFLORACEAE Plot 134:Plot 176a
corossie:kawosie:petit coco
Attalea crassispatha ARECACEAEPlot 101b:Plot 105:Plot 142:Plot 144:Plot 149:Plot 169:Plot 78
Corozo Elaeis oleifera ARECACEAE Plot 101d:Plot 83:Plot 84acorozo Syagrus stenopetala ARECACEAE Plot 102Costa Rican nightshade
Solanum wendlandii SOLANACEAE Plot 4
cow-bush Helicteres jamaicensis MALVACEAE Plot 164:Plot 57acowfoot Piper auritum PIPERACEAE Plot 132:Plot 152:Plot 71b
cowhorn orchid Cyrtopodium punctatum ORCHIDACEAEPlot 1:Plot 106:Plot 113:Plot 117:Plot 128c:Plot 162:Plot 3b:Plot 92
crab wood Coccoloba krugii POLYGONACEAE Plot 158:Plot 164crabwood:oysterwood
Gymnanthes lucida EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 3b
cream fruit:curare Strophanthus gratus APOCYNACEAE Plot 101c
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 10
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTScreeping Charley Pilea nummulariifolia URTICACEAE Plot 130
creeping fern Thelypteris reptans POLYPODIACEAEPlot 112:Plot 64:RPH-A1:Wings of the Tropics
crenulate leadplantAmorpha herbacea var. crenulata
FABACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 176b
crimson bluestem Schizachyrium sanguineum POACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 97b
crimson bottlebrush Callistemon citrinus MYRTACEAE Plot 95
crimson portlandia Portlandia proctorii RUBIACEAE Plot 19a:Plot 44:Plot 8crinum lily Crinum 'Elizabeth Traub' AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 101d
crinum lily Crinum 'Summer Nocturne' AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 32b
crinum lily:poison bulb
Crinum asiaticum 'Queen Emma'
AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 32a
croton Codiaeum sp. EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 14:Plot 25
crotonCodiaeum variegatum 'Pinocchio'
EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 103a
crown of thorns Euphorbia milii EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 31:Plot 41a
crown of thornsEuphorbia milii 'Salmon Dome'
EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 31
crown of thorns Euphorbia milii 'Somona' EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 31
crown of thornsEuphorbia milii var. imperatae forma lutea
EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 31
Cuban catalpa Catalpa punctata BIGNONIACEAE Plot 164:Plot 29Cuban holly Ilex repanda AQUIFOLIACEAE Plot 164Cuban silver palm Coccothrinax littoralis ARECACEAE Plot 107
cup and saucer:Jamaican rose
Blakea trinervia MELASTOMATACEAE Plot 4:RPH-B1
cuplet fern Dennstaedtia bipinnata DENNSTAEDTIACEAE RPH-B6cypress peperomia Peperomia glabella PIPERACEAE Plot 3bdamiana Turnera diffusa PASSIFLORACEAE Plot 164
dancing lady orchid Oncidium sphacelatum ORCHIDACEAEPlot 121:Plot 130:Plot 132:Plot 134
darling-plum:red ironwood
Reynosia septentrionalis RHAMNACEAE Plot 164:Plot 166:Plot 195
desert cassia:twin senna
Senna polyphylla FABACEAEPlot 17:Plot 19b:Plot 43:Plot 51
desert fan palm:California palm
Washingtonia filifera ARECACEAE Plot 101a
desert rose Adenium obesum APOCYNACEAE Plot 135desert spoon Dasylirion wheeleri ASPARAGACEAE Plot 135:Plot 31devil tree Alstonia scholaris APOCYNACEAE Plot 151:Plot 57a
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 11
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTS
diamond maidenhair Adiantum trapeziforme ADIANTACEAE Plot 132:Plot 152:RPH-B1
dingy flowered epidendrum
Epidendrum anceps ORCHIDACEAE Plot 3b
dinner-plate fig Ficus dammaropsis MORACEAE Plot 44double red flame ginger
Alpinia purpurata ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 72:RPH-B5
dove orchid Peristeria elata ORCHIDACEAE Plot 152dragon-tree Dracaena draco ASPARAGACEAE Plot 135
duck-potato Sagittaria latifolia ALISMATACEAEPandanus Lake:Royal Palm Lake
durian Durio zibethinus MALVACEAE Whitman Fruit Paviliondurian kuning Durio graveolens 'Orange' MALVACEAE Whitman Fruit Paviliondurian kuning Durio graveolens 'Suluk 3' MALVACEAE Whitman Fruit Paviliondwarf boerboon Schotia capitata FABACEAE Plot 18dwarf date palm Phoenix roebelenii ARECACEAE Plot 101c:Plot 137:Plot 70dwarf golden apple Spondias cytherea ANACARDIACEAE Plot 116dwarf lady palm:Thailand lady palm
Rhapis subtilis ARECACEAEPlot 112:Plot 131:Plot 132:Plot 133
dwarf red powder puff
Calliandra haematocephala 'Nana'
FABACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 50
dye fig Ficus tinctoria MORACEAE Plot 95earpod tree:guanacaste
Enterolobium cyclocarpum FABACEAE Plot 55a:Plot 74:Plot 96
Easter flower Securidaca diversifolia POLYGALACEAE Plot 7
eastern gama grass Tripsacum dactyloides POACEAEPlot 107:Plot 169:Plot 172:Plot 19b:Plot 87c
Egyptian starclusters Pentas lanceolata RUBIACEAE Plot 19a:Plot 19b:Plot 25
elephant apple Dillenia indica DILLENIACEAE Plot 19aelephant wood Bursera microphylla BURSERACEAE Plot 135elephant yam:telingo potato
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius ARACEAE Plot 146:Plot 49:Plot 50
European fan palm Chamaerops humilis ARECACEAEPlot 101b:Plot 101c:Plot 101d:Plot 107
Fairchild's fig Ficus subcordata MORACEAE Plot 28Fairchild's Sterculia Sterculia ceramica MALVACEAE Plot 155b:Plot 59:Plot 61false boxwood Gyminda latifolia CELASTRACEAE Plot 164false olive Elaeodendron orientale CELASTRACEAE Plot 20:Plot 21feather-bed:boa-wood
Diospyros crassinervis EBENACEAE Plot 164
fern begonia Begonia foliosa BEGONIACEAE RPH-B6fern tree Filicium decipiens SAPINDACEAE Plot 133:Plot 149Fiji fan palm Pritchardia pacifica ARECACEAE Plot 149:Plot 72
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden2015 Plant Names Catalog
RPH is the Rare Plant House, the original name for the Tropical Plant Conservatory 12
COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSfire spike Odontonema tubaeforme ACANTHACEAE Wings of the Tropics
firebush Hamelia patens RUBIACEAEPlot 101b:Plot 19b:Plot 25:Plot 30:Plot 3a:Plot 3b
firebush Hamelia patens 'Calusa' RUBIACEAE Plot 19bfire-bush Croton lucidus EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 164firecracker plant:coral plant
Russelia equisetiformis SCROPHULARIACEAE Plot 52
fishtail palm Caryota rumphiana ARECACEAEPlot 103b:Plot 112:Plot 131:Plot 133:Plot 151
fishtail wait-a-while Calamus caryotoides ARECACEAE Plot 71b
flame lily Gloriosa superba LILIACEAE Plot 104
flame of Jamaica Euphorbia punicea EUPHORBIACEAEPlot 107:Plot 158:Plot 172:Plot 41a:Plot 50:Plot 8
flame of the forest Butea monosperma FABACEAE Plot 18flame vine Pyrostegia venusta BIGNONIACEAE Plot 4flaming sword Vriesea splendens BROMELIACEAE Plot 120flax lily Dianella tasmanica XANTHORRHOEACEAE Plot 17floating sensitive plant
Neptunia oleracea FABACEAE Amphitheater Pool
Florida boxwood:yellow wood
Schaefferia frutescens CELASTRACEAEPlot 19a:Plot 19b:Plot 41a:Plot 57a:Plot 64
Florida butterfly orchid
Encyclia tampensis ORCHIDACEAEPlot 1:Plot 133:Plot 197:Plot 198:Plot 3b
Florida gama grass Tripsacum floridanum POACEAE
Plot 107:Plot 108:Plot 113:Plot 169:Plot 172:Plot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 19b:Plot 54:Plot 87c:Plot 97b
Florida hammock milkpea
Galactia striata FABACEAE Plot 19b
Florida oncidium Oncidium floridanum ORCHIDACEAE Plot 3bFlorida peperomia Peperomia obtusifolia PIPERACEAE Plot 3bFlorida pineland privet
Forestiera segregata var. pinetorum
OLEACEAE Plot 3b
Florida prairie cloverDalea carthagenensis var. floridana
FABACEAE Plot 97b
Florida privet Forestiera segregata OLEACEAEPlot 164:Plot 166:Plot 176a:Plot 176b
Florida strap airplant Catopsis floribunda BROMELIACEAE Plot 3b
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Florida thatch palm:silk-top thatch
Thrinax radiata ARECACEAE
Plot 1:Plot 101c:Plot 107:Plot 112:Plot 128d:Plot 134:Plot 137:Plot 139:Plot 161:Plot 167:Plot 194:Plot 3b:Plot 54:Plot 62:Plot 65:Plot 67:Plot 69:Plot 70:Plot 71a:Plot 71b:Plot 71c:Plot 72:Plot 76:Plot 77:Plot 83:Plot 86:Plot 98a:Plot 98b:Wings of the Tropics
Florida tree fern Ctenitis sloanei ASPIDIACEAE Plot 112:RPH-B1:RPH-B6forked bluecurls Trichostema dichotomum LAMIACEAE Plot 176b
Formosa sugar palm Arenga engleri ARECACEAEPlot 101a:Plot 129b:Plot 149:Plot 73
foxtail agave Agave attenuata ASPARAGACEAE Plot 135foxtail orchid Rhynchostylis gigantea ORCHIDACEAE Plot 130:RPH-B8
foxtail palm Wodyetia bifurcata ARECACEAEPlot 133:Plot 137:Plot 138b:Plot 139:Plot 153a
fragrant Cuban thatch Coccothrinax fragrans ARECACEAE Plot 107
fragrant olive:sweet olive:tea olive
Osmanthus fragrans OLEACEAE Plot 50
fragrant Premna Premna odorata LAMIACEAE Plot 51
fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata NYMPHAEACEAE
Center Lake:Glade Lake:Hammock Lake:Pandanus Lake:Royal Palm Lake
frangipani Plumeria 'Key West Red' APOCYNACEAE Plot 43:Plot 47frangipani Plumeria obtusa APOCYNACEAE Plot 164
frangipaniPlumeria obtusa 'Singapore Dwarf'
APOCYNACEAE Plot 33
frangipani Plumeria obtusa var. obtusa APOCYNACEAE Plot 172:Plot 65
frangipani Plumeria rubra APOCYNACEAE Plot 50:Plot 59frangipani Plumeria x APOCYNACEAE Plot 47:Plot 52frankincense Boswellia sacra BURSERACEAE Plot 135fried egg tree Oncoba spinosa SALICACEAE Plot 52fringed hibiscus Hibiscus schizopetalus MALVACEAE Plot 33:Plot 55agalangal Alpinia galanga ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 27aGaleott's schomburgkia
Schomburgkia galeottiana ORCHIDACEAE Plot 134
gamboge tree Garcinia spicata CLUSIACEAE Plot 49gamiti Veitchia metiti ARECACEAE Plot 133
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSgarlic chives Allium tuberosum AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 116:Plot 128a
gebanga palm Corypha utan ARECACEAEc:Plot 156c:Plot 85:Plot 87a:Plot 90a:Plot 91a:Plot 91b:Plot 92:
Geiger-tree Cordia sebestena BORAGINACEAE Plot 52German bamboo Pogonatherum paniceum POACEAE Plot 152:Plot 3a:Plot 49giant bamboo Dendrocalamus giganteus POACEAE Plot 159giant black bamboo Gigantochloa atroviolacea POACEAE Plot 159giant caladium Alocasia cuprea ARACEAE RPH-A1giant fishtail palm Caryota no ARECACEAE Plot 112giant horsetail Equisetum giganteum EQUISETACEAE Amphitheater Poolgiant milkweed Calotropis gigantea ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 19bgiant mountain fishtail palm
Caryota maxima ARECACEAE Plot 132
giant sword fern:Boston fern
Nephrolepis biserrata POLYPODIACEAE Plot 152
giant wild pine Tillandsia utriculata BROMELIACEAE Plot 3bgingerbread palm:African doum palm
Hyphaene thebaica ARECACEAE Plot 114
glossy cordia Cordia nitida BORAGINACEAE Plot 52
gold fern Pityrogramma chrysophylla PTERIDACEAE Wings of the Tropics
golden barrel cactus Echinocactus grusonii CACTACEAE Plot 6
golden chalice vine:cup of gold
Solandra maxima SOLANACEAE Plot 4
golden dewdrop Duranta erecta VERBENACEAE Plot 19bgolden leather fern Acrostichum aureum ADIANTACEAE Plot 159
golden Malay coconutCocos nucifera 'Golden Malay'
ARECACEAE Plot 90c
golden plume Justicia aurea ACANTHACEAE Plot 130:Plot 132golden-creeper Ernodea littoralis RUBIACEAE Plot 12:Plot 196:Plot 44:gooseneck cactus Epiphyllum oxypetalum CACTACEAE Plot 132gourd tree Crescentia alata BIGNONIACEAE Plot 29:Plot 4
gout plant Jatropha podagrica EUPHORBIACEAEPlot 135:Wings of the Tropics
green arow arum Peltandra virginica ARACEAE
Center Lake:Glade Lake:Hammock Lake:Pandanus Lake:Royal Palm Lake
green ebony Flueggea acidoton PHYLLANTHACEAE Plot 164green milkweed:green antelopehorn
Asclepias viridis ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 176a
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSgreenheart:snake-bark
Colubrina arborescens RHAMNACEAEPlot 161:Plot 194:Plot 195:Plot 3a
grid-scale maiden fern Thelypteris patens POLYPODIACEAEPlot 152:Plot 3b:Wings of the Tropics
ground-cherry Physalis walteri SOLANACEAE Plot 176bgru-gru Acrocomia aculeata ARECACEAE Plot 102:Plot 169grumichama Eugenia brasiliensis MYRTACEAE Plot 116guava Psidium guajava MYRTACEAE Plot 116guayo:cotopris Talisia oliviformis SAPINDACEAE Plot 18:Plot 44:Plot 59
Guiana-chestnut Pachira aquatica MALVACEAEPlot 132:Plot 151:Plot 18:Plot 58:Plot 62:Plot 73:Plot 74
gulf licaria:pepperleaf sweetwood
Licaria triandra LAURACEAE Plot 19a
gum tragacanth Sterculia tragacantha MALVACEAE Plot 27c
gumbo-limbo Bursera simaruba BURSERACEAEPlot 110:Plot 164:Plot 166:Plot 197:Plot 21:Plot 64
hairy red pittosporum Pittosporum rubiginosum PITTOSPORACEAE Plot 130:Plot 132:Plot 147
hairy wild coffee Psychotria pubescens RUBIACEAE Plot 164halberd-leaf rosemallow
Hibiscus laevis MALVACEAE Amphitheater Pool
hammock groundsel Baccharis dioica ASTERACEAEPlot 139:Plot 43:Plot 45:Plot 50
hammock shrub verbena
Lantana canescens VERBENACEAE Plot 176a
Havana skullcap Scutellaria havanensis LAMIACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 19b:Plot 44Hawaiian tree fern Cibotium glaucum DICKSONIACEAE RPH-B8
heart fern Hemionitis arifolia POLYPODIACEAEPlot 152:Wings of the Tropics
hen and chickens Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy' CRASSULACEAE Plot 6henna Lawsonia inermis 'Rubra' LYTHRACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 30hens and chicks Echeveria sp. CRASSULACEAE Plot 6Herald's trumpet Beaumontia grandiflora APOCYNACEAE Plot 4
higuero de Sierra Crescentia portoricensis BIGNONIACEAEPlot 112:Plot 158:Plot 29:Plot 61
Himalayan crocus:resurrection lily
Kaempferia rotunda ZINGIBERACEAEPlot 10:Plot 146:Plot 148:Plot 27a:Plot 27c:Plot 27e:Plot 4
Hispaniolan palmetto Sabal domingensis ARECACEAEPlot 106:Plot 83:Plot 97a:Plot 98a
hoary wild-pine Tillandsia pruinosa BROMELIACEAE Plot 3b
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Honduran mahogany Swietenia macrophylla MELIACEAE Plot 149:Plot 57a
hoop pine:Moreton Bay Pine
Araucaria cunninghamii ARAUCARIACEAE Plot 142:Plot 44
horned gardenia Gardenia cornuta RUBIACEAE Plot 24:Plot 44
horse flesh:weeping tamarind
Lysiloma sabicu FABACEAEPlot 158:Plot 163:Plot 164:Plot 193
horse-bush Peltophorum adnatum FABACEAE Plot 164ice plant Carpobrotus edulis AIZOACEAE Plot 135ice-cream bean Inga paterno FABACEAE Plot 18impala-lily Adenium multiflorum APOCYNACEAE Plot 135:Plot 137:Plot 31Indian almond Sterculia foetida MALVACEAE Plot 35
Indian laurel Ficus microcarpa var. nitida MORACEAE Plot 95
Indian mulberry Morus macroura MORACEAE Plot 23indigo berry:box briar:ink berry
Randia aculeata RUBIACEAEPlot 153a:Plot 164:Plot 176a:Plot 19b:Plot 25
inkwood Exothea paniculata SAPINDACEAE Plot 164iron wood Chionanthus caymanensis OLEACEAE Plot 173:Plot 29
ivory mahogany Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum MELIACEAE Plot 133
ivory-nut palm:tagua Phytelephas macrocarpa ARECACEAE Plot 151
jaboticaba Myrciaria cauliflora MYRTACEAE Plot 45jackfruit Artocarpus heterophyllus MORACEAE Plot 23Jack-in-the-bush Chromolaena odorata ASTERACEAE Plot 19b
jade vine Strongylodon macrobotrys FABACEAE Plot 4:Plot 41a
Jamaica caper Capparis cynophallophora CAPPARACEAEPlot 143:Plot 158:Plot 164:Plot 3a:Plot 3b:Plot 41a:Plot 57a:Plot 62
Jamaica cherry-fig Ficus perforata MORACEAE Plot 153bJamaica-dogwood Piscidia piscipula FABACEAE Plot 164
Jamaican silver thatch Coccothrinax jamaicensis ARECACEAE Plot 107:Plot 142:Plot 161
Jamaican thatch palm:broad thatch
Thrinax excelsa ARECACEAEPlot 101c:Plot 107:Plot 134:Plot 137
joe-wood Jacquinia keyensis THEOPHRASTACEAEPlot 164:Plot 166:Plot 22:Plot 47
kahili ginger Hedychium gardnerianum ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 71c
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kapok Ceiba pentandra MALVACEAEPlot 132:Plot 133:Plot 14:Plot 142:Plot 17:Plot 35:Plot 43:Plot 96:Plot 99c
kava Piper methysticum PIPERACEAE Plot 132:kei neat's foot Bauhinia bowkeri FABACEAE Plot 148
key lime Citrus aurantiifolia 'Key Lime' RUTACEAE Plot 39
Keys spider-lily Hymenocallis latifolia AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 135:Plot 158:Plot 57a
Keys thatch palm Leucothrinax morrisii ARECACEAE
Plot 106:Plot 107:Plot 115:Plot 134:Plot 137:Plot 138b:Plot 150a:Plot 150b:Plot 155a:Plot 161:Plot 164:Plot 166:Plot 196:Plot 3b:Plot 70:Plot 71a:Plot 71b:Plot 71c:Plot 72:Plot 76:Plot 79
king's mantle:clock bush
Thunbergia erecta ACANTHACEAEPlot 19a:Plot 24:Plot 25:Plot 29:Plot 4
kirni Manilkara hexandra SAPOTACEAE Plot 50Krug's holly Ilex krugiana AQUIFOLIACEAE Plot 64kura kura Durio testudinarium MALVACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilionkwai muk Artocarpus lingnanensis MORACEAE Plot 23
lace fernAsparagus setaceus 'Cupressoides'
ASPARAGACEAE Plot 3a
lady of the night Brunfelsia americana SOLANACEAE Plot 27clady of the night Brunfelsia nitida SOLANACEAE Plot 132:Plot 50:Plot 8
lady palm Rhapis excelsa ARECACEAE
Plot 101a:Plot 104:Plot 112:Plot 120:Plot 128a:Plot 131:Plot 137:Plot 138b:Plot 152:Plot 71c:Plot 78:Wings of the Tropics
lance-leaf arrowhead Sagittaria lancifolia ALISMATACEAE
Amphitheater Pool:Bog:Center Lake:Founders' Pool:Glade Lake:Hammock Lake:Pandanus Lake:Royal Palm Lake
lancewood Ocotea coriacea LAURACEAE Plot 19a
langkap Arenga obtusifolia ARECACEAEPlot 129a:Plot 129c:Plot 143:Plot 73:Plot 75:Plot 77
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langsatLansium domesticum 'Concepcion'
MELIACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
Laos lady palm Rhapis laosensis ARECACEAE Plot 152:RPH-B1lapacho Tabebuia avellanedae BIGNONIACEAE Plot 153alattice-vein fern Thelypteris reticulata POLYPODIACEAE Plot 152:RPH-B8Laurel-leaved snailseed
Cocculus laurifolius MENISPERMACEAE Plot 30
leather fern Acrostichum danaeifolium ADIANTACEAEPlot 195:Plot 3b:Plot 63:Plot 69
Leavenworth's goldenrod
Solidago leavenworthii ASTERACEAE Plot 19b
lemon grass Cymbopogon citratus POACEAE Plot 116:Plot 127:Plot 19alicury palm:ouricury palm
Syagrus coronata ARECACEAE Plot 102:Plot 115:Plot 123a
lignum-vitae Guaiacum officinale ZYGOPHYLLACEAEPlot 137:Plot 147:Plot 34:Plot 37:Plot 41a:Plot 99c
lignum-vitae Guaiacum sanctum ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
Plot 12:Plot 137:Plot 138b:Plot 158:Plot 166:Plot 170:Plot 176a:Plot 195:Plot 19b:Plot 34:Plot 37:Plot 3b:Plot 41a:Plot 41c:Plot 54:Plot 62:Wings of the Tropics
lily-pad begonia Begonia nelumbiifolia BEGONIACEAEPlot 133:Plot 137:Plot 49:RPH-B1
lily-pad begonia Begonia nelumbiifolia 'Rubra' BEGONIACEAE Plot 112
lily-thorn Catesbaea spinosa RUBIACEAE Plot 158:Plot 164:Plot 24limber caper:bay-leaved caper
Capparis flexuosa CAPPARACEAE Plot 196:Plot 19a:Plot 27c
lime-berry Triphasia trifolia RUTACEAE Plot 39
little bluestem Schizachyrium rhizomatum POACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 97b
little Christmas flower Euphorbia leucocephala EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 41a
lizard's tail Saururus cernuus SAURURACEAE Sunken Garden Pool
llume palm:palma de lluvia
Gaussia attenuata ARECACEAEPlot 104:Plot 110:Plot 112:Plot 142:Plot 149:Plot 19a:Plot 19b
locust-berry Byrsonima lucida MALPIGHIACEAEPlot 134:Plot 176b:Plot 191:Plot 19b:Plot 55a:Plot 61:Plot 62
lofty fig Ficus altissima MORACEAE Plot 2
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSlong john Triplaris cumingiana POLYGONACEAE Plot 142:Plot 19b
long strap fern Campyloneurum phyllitidis POLYPODIACEAEPlot 3b:Plot 64:Whitman Fruit Pavilion
long thatch Calyptrogyne occidentalis ARECACEAE Plot 146
longanDimocarpus longan 'Chompoo'
SAPINDACEAE Plot 127
long-stalked stopper Psidium longipes MYRTACEAE Plot 176a
looking-glass tree Heritiera littoralis MALVACEAE Plot 154
lopsided Indian grass Sorghastrum secundum POACEAE Plot 176a
loquat Eriobotrya japonica `Oliver' ROSACEAE Plot 127
loquatEriobotrya japonica 'Champagne'
ROSACEAE Plot 127
loquat Eriobotrya japonica 'SES 1' ROSACEAE Plot 116
loquat Eriobotrya japonica 'Tanaka' ROSACEAE Plot 127
lotus Nelumbo 'Momo Botan' NELUMBONACEAE Palm Glade Pool
lotusNelumbo nucifera 'Chawan Basu'
NELUMBONACEAE Palm Glade Pool
lotus Nelumbo 'Peony Red' NELUMBONACEAE Palm Glade Poollow peperomia Peperomia humilis PIPERACEAE Plot 3b
luli Garcinia hombroniana 'Page' CLUSIACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
luli:seashore mangosteen
Garcinia hombroniana CLUSIACEAEPlot 116:Plot 152:Whitman Fruit Pavilion
lychee Litchi chinensis SAPINDACEAE Plot 41aLychee Litchi chinensis 'Emperor' SAPINDACEAE
MacArthur palm Ptychosperma macarthurii ARECACEAE
Plot 132:Plot 137:Plot 142:Plot 143:Plot 144:Plot 147:Plot 149:Plot 151:Plot 152:Plot 71a
Madagascar olive Noronhia emarginata OLEACEAE Plot 153amagenta bleeding heart vine
Clerodendrum thomsoniae 'Delectum'
LAMIACEAE Plot 4:Wings of the Tropics
mahogany mistletoe:narrow-leaved mistletoe
Phoradendron rubrum LORANTHACEAE Plot 197
maidenberry Crossopetalum rhacoma CELASTRACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 97bmaiden-bush Savia bahamensis PHYLLANTHACEAE Plot 164:Plot 41amajesty palm Ravenea rivularis ARECACEAE Plot 66:Plot 79:Plot 83Malabar chestnut Bombax glabrum MALVACEAE Plot 35Malay-apple Syzygium malaccense MYRTACEAE Plot 128d
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Malay-appleSyzygium malaccense 'Maroone'
MYRTACEAE Plot 116:Plot 127
Malay-appleSyzygium malaccense 'Variegated'
MYRTACEAE Plot 116:Plot 127
Malay-jewel-vine Derris scandens FABACEAE Plot 4:RPHMalay-rose Etlingera venusta ZINGIBERACEAE RPH-A4male bamboo Dendrocalamus strictus POACEAE Plot 156a:Plot 92
mammee appleMammea americana 'Fairchild'
CALOPHYLLACEAE Plot 129a
manchineel Hippomane mancinella EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 194:Plot 89bmango Mangifera indica 'Haden' ANACARDIACEAE Plot 127
mango Mangifera indica 'Mulgoba' ANACARDIACEAE Plot 112:Plot 126:Plot 130
mangosteen Garcinia mangostana CLUSIACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
mangrove fan palm Licuala spinosa ARECACEAEPlot 112:Plot 126:Plot 131:Plot 132:Plot 142:Plot 50:Plot 83
mangrove mallow Pavonia spicata MALVACEAE Plot 166mangrove trumpet tree
Dolichandrone spathacea BIGNONIACEAE Plot 60
manjack Cordia glabra BORAGINACEAE Plot 52marking-nut tree Semecarpus anacardium ANACARDIACEAE Plot 43marlberry Ardisia escallonioides MYRSINACEAE Plot 25mast tree Polyalthia longifolia ANNONACEAE Plot 19a:Plot 30
mastic Sideroxylon foetidissimum SAPOTACEAEPlot 164:Plot 191:Plot 50:Plot 96
mata buey Goetzea elegans SOLANACEAEPlot 158:Plot 27d:Plot 44:Plot 5
matchstick bromeliad Aechmea gamosepala BROMELIACEAE Plot 130
Maya palm Gaussia maya ARECACEAE Plot 142Mayan breadnut Brosimum alicastrum MORACEAE Plot 23:Plot 28Mazari palm Nannorrhops ritchieana ARECACEAE Plot 106:Plot 84a:Plot 97bMedusa's head Tillandsia caput-medusae BROMELIACEAE Plot 142membangan Mangifera pajang ANACARDIACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilionmembrillo Gustavia superba LECYTHIDACEAE Plot 152:Plot 39mesquite Prosopis juliflora FABACEAE Plot 163metallic palm Chamaedorea metallica ARECACEAE Plot 152:RPH-B6
Mexican alvaradoa Alvaradoa amorphoides SIMAROUBACEAEPlot 164:Plot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 43
Mexican flame vine Senecio confusus ASTERACEAE Wings of the Tropics
Mexican indigo Justicia spicigera ACANTHACEAEPlot 32a:Plot 41a:Plot 49:Plot 50
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Mexican silver palm Coccothrinax readii ARECACEAE Plot 107:Plot 134:Plot 70
Mexican washingtonia:Mexican fan palm
Washingtonia robusta ARECACEAEPlot 101a:Plot 101c:Plot 101d:Plot 135
milk vine Sarcostemma clausum ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 19b
milkweed Asclepias curassavica yellow ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 19b
milky way tree:lechoso
Stemmadenia litoralis APOCYNACEAE Plot 47:Plot 56
miracle fruit Synsepalum dulcificum SAPOTACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
mistletoe cactus:pencil cactus
Rhipsalis baccifera CACTACEAE Plot 3b
mistletoe ficus Ficus deltoidea MORACEAE Plot 28monastery bamboo Thyrsostachys siamensis POACEAE Plot 156a
mondo-grass Ophiopogon japonicus ASPARAGACEAEPlot 112:Plot 128c:Plot 134:Plot 137:Plot 4:Plot 8
monkey's apple Mimusops coriacea SAPOTACEAEPlot 153a:Plot 49:Plot 50:Plot 60
monkey's brush Combretum aubletii COMBRETACEAE Plot 7
Montgomery palm:tepua
Veitchia arecina ARECACEAE
Plot 101c:Plot 111:Plot 119:Plot 123a:Plot 131:Plot 132:Plot 133:Plot 143:Plot 149:Plot 151:Plot 152:Plot 17:Plot 18:Plot 71c:Plot 84a:Plot 87a
morass royal palm Roystonea princeps ARECACEAE Plot 79:Plot 80:Plot 82Moreton-bay fig Ficus macrophylla MORACEAE Plot 28moriche Mauritia flexuosa ARECACEAE Plot 77mosaic fig Ficus aspera MORACEAE Plot 28
moujean tea Nashia inaguensis VERBENACEAEPlot 102:Plot 158:Plot 164:Plot 19b:Plot 67
mountain cabbage Roystonea altissima ARECACEAE Plot 54:Plot 89b
mountain mahogany Entandrophragma caudatum MELIACEAE Plot 59
mountain pear Carpodiptera ameliae MALVACEAE Plot 151:Plot 192
mountain thatch palmThrinax parviflora ssp. parviflora
ARECACEAE Plot 137
mouse trap tree Uncarina grandidieri PEDALIACEAE Plot 31Mt. Spurgeon black pine
Prumnopitys ladei PODOCARPACEAE Plot 18
muchukunda Pterospermum acerifolium MALVACEAE Plot 35:Plot 96
Mueller Terminalia Terminalia muelleri COMBRETACEAE Plot 55b
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muhly grass Muhlenbergia capillaris POACEAEPlot 1:Plot 123a:Plot 176a:Plot 54:Plot 71a:Plot 87c
mule-ear orchid Trichocentrum undulatum ORCHIDACEAE Plot 3bmusical notes Rotheca incisa LAMIACEAE Plot 41amustard shrub Capparis ferruginea CAPPARACEAE Plot 158myrsine Myrsine cubana MYRSINACEAE Plot 99b
myrtle-of-the-river Calyptranthes zuzygium MYRTACEAEPlot 195:Plot 197:Plot 45:Plot 57a:Plot 64
naked-wood:soldier wood
Colubrina elliptica RHAMNACEAE Plot 164:Plot 19a:Plot 24
nakoai Veitchia spiralis ARECACEAEPlot 111:Plot 123a:Plot 131:Plot 132
Naples-lilac Stachytarpheta strigosa VERBENACEAEPlot 19b:Wings of the Tropics
Napoleon's hat Napoleonaea imperialis LECYTHIDACEAE Plot 24:Plot 45
narrow strap fernCampyloneurum angustifolium
POLYPODIACEAE Plot 3b:Plot 64
narrowleaf blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium IRIDACEAE Plot 64
Nawassi coconut Cocos nucifera 'Nawassi' ARECACEAE Plot 90anecklace pod Sophora tomentosa FABACEAE Plot 164:Plot 19b:Plot 49
needle palm Rhapidophyllum hystrix ARECACEAEPlot 104:Plot 112:Plot 126:Plot 161:Plot 72
needleleaf witchgrass Dichanthelium aciculare POACEAE Plot 97b
neem tree Azadirachta indica MELIACEAE Plot 61
New Caledonia pine Araucaria columnaris ARAUCARIACEAE Plot 142:Plot 143:Plot 151
New Guinea trumpet-creeper
Tecomanthe dendrophila BIGNONIACEAE Plot 138b:Plot 4:Plot 41a
nibung palm Oncosperma tigillarium ARECACEAEPlot 151:Plot 155a:Plot 71a:Plot 71b:Plot 80:Plot 83
night-blooming cactus Hylocereus sp. CACTACEAE Plot 127:Plot 151
night-blooming epidendrum:night-scented orchid
Epidendrum nocturnum ORCHIDACEAE Plot 3b
nigua Cornutia obovata LAMIACEAE Plot 50:Plot 51Nile tulip-tree Markhamia lutea BIGNONIACEAE Plot 29
nipa:mangrove palm Nypa fruticans ARECACEAE Plot 154:c:Plot 68
Nong Nooch vine Petraeovitex bambusetorum VERBENACEAE Plot 4:RPH-B9
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSnorthern staghorn fern
Platycerium hillii POLYPODIACEAE RPH-B1
Northrop's pigeon plum
Coccoloba northropiae POLYGONACEAE Plot 164
nutmeg:mace Myristica fragrans MYRISTICACEAE RPH-A4oakleaf fig Ficus montana MORACEAE Plot 131:Plot 133
ocotillo:coach-whip Fouquieria splendens FOUQUIERIACEAE Plot 6
oiti Licania tomentosa CHRYSOBALANACEAE Plot 146:Plot 55b
old man palmCoccothrinax crinita ssp. crinita
ARECACEAEPlot 107:Plot 150a:Plot 150b:Plot 172:Plot 71a
old man palm:palma petate
Coccothrinax crinita ARECACEAEPlot 12:Plot 128d:Plot 139:Plot 150a:Plot 150b:Plot 71a
olive woodCassine xylocarpa var. attenuata
CELASTRACEAE Plot 164
one-toe Tabebuia lepidota BIGNONIACEAE Plot 154:Plot 164:Plot 29orange jasmine:orange-jessamine
Murraya paniculata RUTACEAE Plot 129a:Plot 138a:Plot 24
orangeberry Glycosmis pentaphylla RUTACEAE Plot 39orchid cactus Epiphyllum stenopetalum CACTACEAE Plot 132organpipe cactus Stenocereus thurberi CACTACEAE Plot 6ornamental banana Musa ornata 'African Red' MUSACEAE Plot 27eortegon Coccoloba latifolia POLYGONACEAE Plot 25
overtop palm Syagrus amara ARECACEAE Plot 123a:Plot 158:Plot 84a
pacaya Chamaedorea tepejilote ARECACEAEPlot 101d:Plot 132:Plot 142:Plot 143:Plot 151
pagoda flower Clerodendrum paniculatum LAMIACEAE Wings of the Tropics
Palma Brava Heterospathe elata var. elata ARECACEAE Plot 73
palm-grass Molineria capitulata HYPOXIDACEAE Plot 104:Plot 119:Plot 19a
palmiste marron Pseudophoenix lediniana ARECACEAE Plot 101b:Plot 113:Plot 169
palmyra palm Borassus aethiopum ARECACEAE Plot 152:Plot 92palmyra palm Borassus flabellifer ARECACEAE Plot 101a:Plot 80
palmyra palmBorassus flabellifer x B. aethiopum
ARECACEAE Plot 92
palo de ramon Banara vanderbiltii SALICACEAE Plot 169:Plot 52:
palo de violeta:Puerto Rican Violet tree
Polygala cowellii POLYGALACEAEPlot 142:Plot 149:Plot 158:Plot 25
Panama hat plant Carludovica palmata CYCLANTHACEAE Plot 119:Plot 25:Plot 4
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Panama-rose Rondeletia odorata RUBIACEAEPlot 17:Plot 19b:Plot 21:Plot 24:Wings of the Tropics
papaya Carica papaya 'Red Lady' CARICACEAE Plot 116papyrus:Egyptian paper reed
Cyperus papyrus CYPERACEAE Palm Glade Pool
paradise tree Simarouba glauca SIMAROUBACEAE Plot 32bparasol-tree Firmiana simplex MALVACEAE Plot 35partridge pea Chamaecrista deeringiana FABACEAE Plot 176apassion fruit Passiflora edulis PASSIFLORACEAE Plot 127:Plot 4patchouli Pogostemon heyneanus LAMIACEAE Plot 51
paurotis palm:Everglades palm
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii ARECACEAE
Plot 121:Plot 161:Plot 61:Plot 62:Plot 67:Plot 69:Plot 71a:Plot 72:Plot 76:Plot 78:Plot 81
pavana Begonia popenoei BEGONIACEAE Plot 112:Plot 4pavilla Cornutia pyramidata LAMIACEAE Plot 50:Plot 51:Plot 57apeach palm Bactris gasipaes ARECACEAE Plot 152peacock fern Selaginella willdenovii SELAGINELLACEAE Plot 131:Plot 132peacock plant Kaempferia roscoeana ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 27e:RPH-B7
pearl berry:tearshrub Vallesia antillana APOCYNACEAE Plot 143:Plot 196:Plot 47
pedalai Artocarpus sericicarpus MORACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilionpelican flower Aristolochia grandiflora ARISTOLOCHIACEAE Plot 134pembe fruit Garcinia livingstonei CLUSIACEAE Plot 49pencil cholla Cylindropuntia arbuscula CACTACEAE Plot 6
peregrina Jatropha integerrima EUPHORBIACEAEPlot 101d:Plot 12:Wings of the Tropics
Persian shield Strobilanthes dyerianus ACANTHACEAE Plot 50
petticoat palm Copernicia macroglossa ARECACEAEPlot 107:Plot 115:Plot 162:Plot 169:Plot 79:Plot 80:Plot 82
Philippine violet Barleria cristata ACANTHACEAE Plot 139:Plot 29:Plot 32aPhilippine-tea Ehretia microphylla BORAGINACEAE Plot 137physic nut Jatropha curcas EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 41a
Piccabeen PalmArchontophoenix cunninghamiana
ARECACEAE Plot 112
pickerel weed Pontederia cordata PONTEDERIACEAE
Amphitheater Pool:Center Lake:Glade Lake:Hammock Lake:Pandanus Lake:Royal Palm Lake
pigeon plum Coccoloba diversifolia POLYGONACEAEPlot 151:Plot 3b:Plot 64:Plot 96
pigskin Philodendron rugosum ARACEAE RPH-A2:RPH-A4
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSpine fern Anemia adiantifolia SCHIZAEACEAE Plot 124:Plot 64pineapple ginger Tapeinochilos ananassae COSTACEAE Plot 27b:RPH-A4
pineland acacia Acacia pinetorum FABACEAEPlot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 3a:Plot 97b
pineland croton Croton linearis EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 41a
pineland heliotrope Heliotropium polyphyllum BORAGINACEAE Plot 176:Plot 176a:Plot 54
pineland passionflower
Passiflora pallens PASSIFLORACEAE Plot 19a
pineland snowberry Chiococca parvifolia RUBIACEAE Plot 176a
pineland strongbark Bourreria cassinifolia BORAGINACEAEPlot 158:Plot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 19a:Plot 19b:Plot 3b:Plot 49
pine-pink orchid Bletia purpurea ORCHIDACEAE Plot 128d:Plot 176a:Plot 3b
Piney woods dropseed
Sporobolus junceus POACEAE Plot 176a
pink gingerAlpinia purpurata 'Aileen McDonald'
ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 148:RPH-B5
pink ivory Berchemia zeyheri RHAMNACEAE Plot 3apink Phyllanthus Phyllanthus cuscutiflorus PHYLLANTHACEAE Plot 41apink shower Cassia javanica FABACEAE Plot 101d
pink snakeweed Stachytarpheta mutabilis VERBENACEAEPlot 19b:Wings of the Tropics
pink trumpet tree Tabebuia heterophylla BIGNONIACEAE Plot 153apink trumpet vine Podranea ricasoliana BIGNONIACEAE Plot 101bpink yucca Hesperaloe campanulata ASPARAGACEAE Plot 135
pitch apple:monkey apple
Clusia rosea CLUSIACEAEPlot 154:Plot 196:Plot 60:Plot 61:Plot 75:Plot 81
pitcher plant Nepenthes ampullaria NEPENTHACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilionpitomba Eugenia luschnathiana MYRTACEAE Plot 46pod mahogany Afzelia quanzensis FABACEAE Plot 101d
poison-bushGrimmeodendron eglandulosum
EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 164
pomegranate Punica granatum 'Nana' PUNICACEAE Plot 116pond-apple Annona glabra ANNONACEAE Plot 166:Plot 96pony-tail Beaucarnea recurvata ASPARAGACEAE Plot 124poponax Acacia tortuosa FABACEAE Plot 3a
porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis VERBENACEAE Plot 12:Plot 19a
powderpuff Mimosa strigillosa FABACEAE Plot 19bpowdery strap airplant
Catopsis berteroniana BROMELIACEAE Plot 3b
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prickly ash Zanthoxylum coriaceum RUTACEAEPlot 194:Plot 197:Plot 19b:Plot 39:Plot 41a
prickly paperbark Melaleuca styphelioides MYRTACEAE Plot 154pricklypear Opuntia humifusa CACTACEAE Plot 6pride of Burma:orchid tree
Amherstia nobilis FABACEAE RPH-A1
princess palm:hurricane palm
Dictyosperma album ARECACEAEPlot 101a:Plot 101b:Plot 114:Plot 115:Plot 132:Plot 133:Plot 142
princewood Exostema caribaeum RUBIACEAE Plot 194:Plot 24
Puerto Rican hat palm:palma de sombrero
Sabal causiarum ARECACEAE
Plot 106:Plot 109:Plot 113:Plot 153a:Plot 168:Plot 193:Plot 75:Plot 90b:Plot 97a:Plot 98a
Puerto Rican manjack Cordia rupicola BORAGINACEAEPlot 158:Plot 164:Plot 18:Plot 52
Puerto Rican rain-lily Zephyranthes puertoricensis AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 106:Plot 172
Puerto Rican royal palm
Roystonea borinquena ARECACEAEPlot 132:Plot 196:Plot 54:Plot 81:Plot 90d
puntingpole bamboo Bambusa tuldoides POACEAE Plot 71b
purple Allamanda Allamanda violacea APOCYNACEAE Plot 38:Plot 4purple Bignonia Saritaea magnifica BIGNONIACEAE Plot 8
purple firespikeOdontonema strictum purple flower form
ACANTHACEAE Plot 50
purple porterweed Stachytarpheta frantzii VERBENACEAE Wings of the Tropicspurple queen Tradescantia pallida COMMELINACEAE Plot 136:Plot 137:Plot 139
quailberry:Christmas-berry:ground-holly
Crossopetalum ilicifolium CELASTRACEAE Plot 134:Plot 176a:Plot 44
queen palm Syagrus romanzoffiana ARECACEAE Plot 84aqueen's wreath Petrea volubilis VERBENACEAE Plot 137:Plot 4Queensland black palm
Normanbya normanbyi ARECACEAE Plot 125
Queensland kauri:kauri
Agathis robusta ARAUCARIACEAE Plot 142:Plot 143
Queensland pittosporum
Pittosporum rhombifolium PITTOSPORACEAE Plot 21
quicksilver bush Thouinia discolor SAPINDACEAE Plot 164quipo Cavanillesia platanifolia MALVACEAE Plot 131:Plot 3araffia palm Raphia farinifera ARECACEAE Plot 71crain lily Habranthus robustus AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 46
rain lilyHabranthus robustus 'Russell Manning'
AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 46
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rain tree:Saman Albizia saman FABACEAEPlot 119:Plot 130:Plot 56:Plot 73
rainbow eucalyptus:Mindanao gum
Eucalyptus deglupta MYRTACEAEPlot 130:Plot 132:Plot 151:Plot 153a:Plot 154:Plot 46
rainbow shower tree Cassia fistula x javanica FABACEAEPlot 1:Plot 27c:Plot 33:Plot 35:Plot 3a
Rangoon creeper Combretum indicum COMBRETACEAE Plot 4:Plot 7rascabarriga Espadaea amoena SOLANACEAE Plot 158:Plot 27dravimbe Marojejya darianii ARECACEAE Plot 151
rawa:asam kumbang Mangifera quadrifida ANACARDIACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
rawa:rancha-rancha Mangifera griffithii ANACARDIACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
red bog lily Crinum 'Menehune' AMARYLLIDACEAE Founders' Poolred button ginger Costus woodsonii COSTACEAE Plot 134:Plot 17:Plot 72
red cloakMegaskepasma erythrochlamys
ACANTHACEAEPlot 10:Plot 144:Plot 19a:Plot 29:Plot 34
red hot poker Norantea guianensis MARCGRAVIACEAE RPH-A3:RPH-B9red Ixora Ixora coccinea RUBIACEAE Plot 19a
red latan palmLatania loddigesii x L. lontaroides
ARECACEAE Plot 89b
red latan palm Latania lontaroides ARECACEAE Plot 108:Plot 89bred mangrove Rhizophora mangle RHIZOPHORACEAE Plot 62red maple Acer rubrum ACERACEAE Plot 64:
red porterweed Stachytarpheta sp. red form VERBENACEAE Plot 19b
red powder-puff Calliandra haematocephala FABACEAE Plot 41a
red sealing wax palm Cyrtostachys renda ARECACEAE RPH-A1:RPH-A4
red sealing wax palmCyrtostachys renda 'Theodora Buhler'
ARECACEAE RPH-A2
red silk cotton tree Bombax ceiba MALVACEAE Plot 26:Plot 27f
red stopper Eugenia rhombea MYRTACEAEPlot 158:Plot 164:Plot 195:Plot 41a:Plot 46
redbay Persea borbonia LAURACEAE Plot 155a
red-berry stopper Eugenia confusa MYRTACEAEPlot 17:Plot 195:Plot 3b:Plot 41c:Plot 46:Plot 64
reddish wild-pine Tillandsia x smalliana BROMELIACEAE Plot 3bredneck palm Dypsis leptocheilos ARECACEAE Plot 125:Plot 139reflexed wild-pine Tillandsia balbisiana BROMELIACEAE Plot 157:Plot 3b
ribbon bush Homalocladium platycladum POLYGONACEAE Plot 4
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rice button aster Symphyotrichum dumosum ASTERACEAE Plot 19b
Rio Grande palmetto:Texas palmetto
Sabal mexicana ARECACEAE
Plot 101a:Plot 106:Plot 113:Plot 137:Plot 168:Plot 198:Plot 59:Plot 87c:Plot 98a
roble de guayo Bourreria virgata BORAGINACEAE Plot 158:Plot 19a:Plot 19brockland shrub verbena
Lantana depressa var. depressa
VERBENACEAE Plot 171:Plot 176a:Plot 176b
root-spine palm Cryosophila stauracantha ARECACEAEPlot 119:Plot 133:Plot 134:Plot 142:Plot 143:Plot 152:Plot 49
rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis 'Irene' LAMIACEAE Plot 19b
rosy trumpet tree Tabebuia rosea BIGNONIACEAE Plot 153a:Plot 156a:Plot 173
rough velvet-seed Guettarda scabra RUBIACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 97b
royal creeper Oxera pulchella LAMIACEAE Plot 4
royal palm Roystonea regia ARECACEAE
Plot 104:Plot 115:Plot 130:Plot 155b:Plot 160:Plot 161:Plot 50:Plot 61:Plot 62:Plot 63:Plot 66:Plot 71a:Plot 71b:Plot 71c:Plot 72:Plot 76:Plot 79:Plot 80:Plot 82:Plot 83:Plot 84a:Plot 86:Plot 87a:Plot 87c:Plot 89b:Plot 91b:Plot 94:Plot 94b:Plot 95
royal poinciana Delonix regia FABACEAE Plot 119:Plot 192:Plot 27crubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflora ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 101c:Plot 38
ruby eye arrowhead Sagittaria montevidensis ALISMATACEAE Founders' Pool
Rumphius fig Ficus rumphii MORACEAE Plot 28running oak Quercus pumila FAGACEAE Plot 176arusty fig Ficus destruens MORACEAE Plot 132
sacred Bali bambooSchizostachyum brachycladum green form
POACEAE Plot 49
sacred garlic pear Crateva religiosa CAPPARACEAE Plot 169:Plot 27d
saffron-plum:tropical buckthorn
Sideroxylon celastrinum SAPOTACEAE Plot 163
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sagisi palm Heterospathe elata ARECACEAEPlot 12:Plot 128a:Plot 128d:Plot 142:Plot 143:Plot 151:Plot 152:Plot 17:Plot 18
salak Salacca zalacca ARECACEAE Plot 151:Plot 71asaltwood Neea nigricans NYCTAGINACEAE Plot 158:Plot 29
San Jose hesper palm Brahea brandegeei ARECACEAE Plot 101b
San Pedro cactus Echinopsis aff. pachanoi CACTACEAE Plot 6sand palm Livistona humilis ARECACEAE Plot 84bsandbox tree Hura crepitans EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 41asandforest loquat Oxyanthus latifolius RUBIACEAE Plot 101d:Plot 24
sapodilla Manilkara zapota SAPOTACEAE Plot 128d:Plot 129a:Plot 50
sapodilla Manilkara zapota 'Makok' SAPOTACEAE Plot 127
Sargent's cherry palm Pseudophoenix sargentii ARECACEAE
Plot 113:Plot 158:Plot 164:Plot 166:Plot 167:Plot 194:Plot 195:Plot 3b:Plot 65:Plot 88:Keys Coastal Habitat
Satake palm:Yaeyama palm
Satakentia liukiuensis ARECACEAEPlot 133:Plot 32b:Plot 44:Plot 49:Plot 50:Plot 75
satin leaf Chrysophyllum oliviforme SAPOTACEAEPlot 101d:Plot 131:Plot 19a:Plot 24:Plot 25:Plot 41a
satinwood:yellowheart
Zanthoxylum flavum RUTACEAE Plot 164:Plot 39:
sausage-tree Kigelia africana BIGNONIACEAEPlot 156a:Plot 19a:Plot 25:Plot 29
saw palmetto Serenoa repens ARECACEAE
Plot 102:Plot 107:Plot 112:Plot 145:Plot 161:Plot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 64:Plot 68:Plot 97a:Plot 97b
scarlet bean Archidendron lucyi FABACEAE Plot 133:Plot 18:Plot 55bscarlet milkweed Asclepias curassavica ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 41ascarlet rosemallow Hibiscus coccineus MALVACEAE Amphitheater Poolscented blacktorch Erithalis odorifera RUBIACEAE Plot 164:Plot 19bscorpion orchid Arachnis flos-aeris ORCHIDACEAE Plot 130
scorpions tail Heliotropium angiospermum BORAGINACEAE Plot 43:Wings of the Tropics
scrub palmetto Sabal etonia ARECACEAEPlot 101a:Plot 106:Plot 107:Plot 113:Plot 161:Plot 193
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSsea daisy Borrichia frutescens ASTERACEAE Plot 19b
sea grape Coccoloba uvifera POLYGONACEAEPlot 143:Plot 154:Plot 155a:Plot 164:Plot 191:Plot 193:Plot 197:Plot 61
seaside mahoe:Portia Thespesia populnea MALVACEAE Plot 99a
semaphore cactus Opuntia spinosissima CACTACEAE Plot 6semaphore pricklypear
Consolea corallicola CACTACEAE Plot 6
Senegal date palm:Wild date palm
Phoenix reclinata ARECACEAEPlot 103a:Plot 104:Plot 148:Plot 67:Plot 73:Plot 74:Plot 81:Plot 90c:Plot 90d
sentry palm Howea forsteriana ARECACEAE Plot 119
serpentine hill raintree
Brunfelsia densifolia SOLANACEAEPlot 158:Plot 164:Plot 27d:Plot 32b:Plot 49:Plot 5:Plot 50
seven-year-apple Casasia clusiifolia RUBIACEAE Plot 155a
Seychelles stilt palm Verschaffeltia splendida ARECACEAE RPH-A1:RPH-B9
sharkskin agaveAgave victoria-reginae x scabra 'Sharkskin'
ASPARAGACEAE Plot 6
shaving-brush tree Pseudobombax ellipticum MALVACEAE Plot 26
shell ginger Alpinia zerumbet ZINGIBERACEAEPlot 134:Plot 137:Plot 27c:Plot 72
shingle plant Monstera acuminata ARACEAE Plot 152shingle tree:pink cedar
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius FABACEAE Plot 131:Plot 133:Plot 152
short hair old man palm
Coccothrinax crinita ssp. brevicrinis
ARECACEAE Plot 150a:Plot 150b:Plot 70
short-leaved fig Ficus citrifolia MORACEAE Plot 164:Plot 195shower of orchids Congea tomentosa VERBENACEAE Plot 4shrub eupatorium Koanophyllon villosum ASTERACEAE Plot 19bshrubby false buttonweed
Spermacoce verticillata RUBIACEAE Plot 19b
Siam rose ginger Etlingera corneri ZINGIBERACEAE RPH-A4sickle thorn Asparagus falcatus ASPARAGACEAE Plot 138c:Plot 3a
sierra palm Gaussia princeps ARECACEAE Plot 101a:Plot 110:Plot 19b
silk floss tree Ceiba speciosa MALVACEAEPlot 26:Plot 46:Plot 49:Plot 50:Plot 52:Plot 99b
silk grass Pityopsis graminifolia ASTERACEAE Plot 176asilver buttonwood Conocarpus erectus silver COMBRETACEAE Plot 1
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silver fern Pityrogramma calomelanos PTERIDACEAE Wings of the Tropics
silver palm Coccothrinax argentata ARECACEAE
Plot 107:Plot 12:Plot 135:Plot 137:Plot 139:Plot 142a:Plot 150a:Plot 150b:Plot 161:Plot 176a:Plot 176b:Plot 97b
silver palmCoccothrinax argentata 'Key West '
ARECACEAE Plot 107
silver pimento palm Schippia concolor ARECACEAEPlot 106:Plot 107:Plot 168:Plot 169:Plot 71c
silver thatch palm Coccothrinax argentea ARECACEAE Plot 107:Plot 70
silver vase bromeliadAechmea fasciata var. purpurea
BROMELIACEAE Plot 132
silverberry Elaeagnus triflora ELAEAGNACEAE Plot 19bsilverling Baccharis glomeruliflora ASTERACEAE Plot 64
Simpson's stopper Myrcianthes fragrans MYRTACEAEPlot 138a:Plot 19a:Plot 3a:Plot 3b:Plot 41a:Plot 46:Plot 55a:Plot 62
Singapore holly Malpighia coccigera MALPIGHIACEAE Plot 112:Plot 142
Singapore holly Malpighia coccigera 'Low Boy' MALPIGHIACEAEPlot 144:Plot 145:Plot 148:Plot 158:Plot 19a:Plot 21:Plot 25:Plot 26
slender lady palm Rhapis humilis ARECACEAE Plot 132:Plot 152small leaf clusia Clusia guttifera CLUSIACEAE Plot 139Small's milk-pea Galactia smallii FABACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 97bsmooth Casearia Casearia nitida SALICACEAE Plot 158:Plot 161:Plot 164
smooth passionflower Passiflora cupraea PASSIFLORACEAE RPH-B9
snail plantFittonia verschaffeltii var. argyroneura
ACANTHACEAE Plot 130:Plot 4
snapdragon tree Gmelina arborea LAMIACEAE Plot 51snowberry Chiococca alba RUBIACEAE Plot 97bsociety garlic Tulbaghia violacea AMARYLLIDACEAE Plot 128a
solitaire palm Ptychosperma elegans ARECACEAEPlot 128d:Plot 134:Plot 143:Plot 152:Plot 72
Sonoran palmetto Sabal uresana ARECACEAE Plot 106:Plot 109South Florida slash pine
Pinus elliottii var. densa PINACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 3b
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southern live oak Quercus virginiana FAGACEAE
Plot 1:Plot 12:Plot 120:Plot 121:Plot 126:Plot 128c:Plot 128d:Plot 130:Plot 131:Plot 132:Plot 133:Plot 134:Plot 142:Plot 143:Plot 144:Plot 145:Plot 146:Plot 147:Plot 148:Plot 149:Plot 151:Plot 152:Plot 19a:Plot 2:Plot 21:Plot 27e:Plot 3b:Plot 53:Plot 64
southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora MAGNOLIACEAE Plot 19a
southern shield fern Thelypteris kunthii POLYPODIACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilion
southern yew:japanese yew:Buddhist pine
Podocarpus macrophyllus PODOCARPACEAE Plot 137
Spanish lime Melicoccus bijugatus 'L-0318' SAPINDACEAE Plot 127
Spanish lime:genip Melicoccus bijugatus SAPINDACEAE Plot 44
Spanish stopper Eugenia foetida MYRTACEAE
Plot 132:Plot 138b:Plot 143:Plot 144:Plot 153a:Plot 171:Plot 19a:Plot 41a:Plot 46
spatter-dock Nuphar lutea ssp. advena NYMPHAEACEAE Center Lake:Royal Palm Lake
spicewood:pale lidflower
Calyptranthes pallens MYRTACEAE Plot 19a:Plot 3b:Plot 46
spindle palm Hyophorbe verschaffeltii ARECACEAEPlot 1:Plot 101c:Plot 110:Plot 87a
spiny black-olive Bucida molineti COMBRETACEAEPlot 165:Plot 98c:Wings of the Tropics
spiral-flag Costus scaber COSTACEAE Plot 119:Plot 151a:Plot 71a
spoonleaf peperomia Peperomia magnoliifolia PIPERACEAE Plot 3b
spotted fig Ficus virens MORACEAE Plot 95Sprenger's asparagus fern
Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri'
ASPARAGACEAE Plot 3a
St. Thomas prickly-ash Zanthoxylum thomasianum RUTACEAE Plot 19b
staghorn fern Platycerium bifurcatum POLYPODIACEAEPlot 126:Plot 128a:Plot 128c:Plot 137:Plot 142:RPH-B9
star apple Chrysophyllum cainito SAPOTACEAE Plot 24:Plot 44
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star appleChrysophyllum cainito 'Purpure'
SAPOTACEAE Plot 127
star Begonia Begonia x ricinifolia BEGONIACEAEPlot 10:Plot 112:Plot 132:Plot 49:Plot 50:
star fruitAverrhoa carambola 'Sri Kembagan'
OXALIDACEAE Plot 127
star fruitAverrhoa carambola 'Wintaban'
OXALIDACEAE Plot 127
starry gardenia:forest gardenia
Gardenia thunbergia RUBIACEAE Plot 24
stately maiden fern Thelypteris grandis POLYPODIACEAE Plot 3b:Wings of the Tropics
steel Acacia Acacia macracantha FABACEAE Plot 164step ladder plant Costus malortieanus COSTACEAE RPH-A1stiff star-hair fern Thelypteris sclerophylla POLYPODIACEAE Plot 139:Plot 152:Plot 64
stiff-flower star orchid Epidendrum rigidum ORCHIDACEAE Plot 3b
stiff-leaved wild-pine:cardinal airplant
Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica
BROMELIACEAE Plot 3b
stone seed:needle-flower tree
Posoqueria latifolia RUBIACEAE Plot 130:Plot 24
strangler fig Ficus aurea MORACEAE Plot 133:Plot 41a:Plot 64
sugar palm Arenga pinnata ARECACEAE Plot 129b:Plot 142:Plot 143
swamp bay Persea palustris LAURACEAE Plot 155a
swamp dogwoodCornus foemina ssp. racemosa
CORNACEAE Plot 64
swamp lily Crinum americanum AMARYLLIDACEAECenter Lake:Glade Lake:Hammock Lake:Royal Palm Lake
sweet Acacia Acacia farnesiana FABACEAE Plot 153a
sweet almond bush Aloysia virgata VERBENACEAEPlot 102:Plot 130:Plot 33:Plot 44:Plot 49
sweet bay Magnolia virginiana MAGNOLIACEAE Plot 64sweet binjai Mangifera caesia ANACARDIACEAE Whitman Fruit Paviliontabog Swinglea glutinosa RUTACEAE Plot 39
Tahitian gardenia Gardenia taitensis RUBIACEAEPlot 24:Plot 33:Plot 50:Plot 56:Plot 57a
talipot palm Corypha umbraculifera ARECACEAEPlot 117:Plot 153a:Plot 153b:Plot 154:Plot 155b:Plot 55a
tall threeawn Aristida patula POACEAE Plot 176a
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTStallow wood:hog plum
Ximenia americana OLACACEAE Plot 197
tamarind Tamarindus indica FABACEAEPlot 191:Wings of the Tropics
tamarind Tamarindus indica 'Thai 1' FABACEAE Plot 116
tape grass Vallisneria sp. HYDROCHARITACEAEAmphitheater Pool:Palm Glade Pool
taraw palm Livistona saribus ARECACEAEPlot 82:Plot 84a:Plot 85:Plot 91a:
taro Colocasia esculenta ARACEAE Whitman Fruit Pavilionteak Tectona grandis LAMIACEAE Plot 147
temple orangeCitrus reticulata x sinensis 'Temple'
RUTACEAE Plot 44
Texan silver leaf Leucophyllum frutescens SCROPHULARIACEAE Plot 102:Plot 137:Plot 6Texas-ebony Pithecellobium flexicaule FABACEAE Plot 50
thickleaf wild petunia Ruellia succulenta ACANTHACEAE Plot 19b
Thomas' lidflower Calyptranthes thomasiana MYRTACEAE Plot 158:Plot 46
thryallis:rain of gold Galphimia gracilis MALPIGHIACEAE Plot 19b:Plot 33
ti Cordyline fruticosa ASPARAGACEAEPlot 101d:Plot 104:Plot 132:Plot 133:Plot 152
tiCordyline terminalis 'Black Magic'
ASPARAGACEAE Plot 112:Plot 117
tie-tongue Coccoloba swartzii POLYGONACEAE Plot 164tiger grass Thysanolaena latifolia POACEAE Plot 101c:Plot 112
timburi:timbóEnterolobium contortisiliquum
FABACEAE Plot 143
timor black bamboo Bambusa lako POACEAE Plot 159
torch ginger Etlingera elatior ZINGIBERACEAEPlot 134:Plot 152:Plot 27c:Plot 76:RPH-B4
torch tree Ixora parviflora RUBIACEAE Plot 103d:Plot 24torchwood Amyris elemifera RUTACEAE Plot 19b
traveler's tree Ravenala madagascariensis STRELITZIACEAE Plot 71a:Plot 72
tree fuchsia Schotia brachypetala FABACEAE Plot 18:Plot 62
tree jasmine:Indian cork tree
Millingtonia hortensis BIGNONIACEAE Plot 32a
tree potato Solanum wrightii SOLANACEAE Plot 143
triangle palm Dypsis decaryi ARECACEAEPlot 112:Plot 115:Plot 137:Plot 65
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTS
tropical blue iris:twelve Apostles
Neomarica caerulea IRIDACEAEPlot 130:Plot 132:Plot 151:Plot 4:Plot 49:Plot 50
tropical sage Salvia coccinea LAMIACEAE Plot 17:Plot 19btrumpet tree Cecropia peltata URTICACEAE Plot 130
tufted fig:weeping fig Ficus benjamina var. comosa MORACEAE Plot 62
Turk's cap cactus Melocactus intortus CACTACEAE Plot 6turmeric Curcuma longa ZINGIBERACEAE Plot 27a:Plot 32b
twisted wild-pine:potbelly airplant
Tillandsia paucifolia BROMELIACEAE Plot 3b
tyre palm Coccothrinax alta ARECACEAE Plot 170
umbelled epidendrum Epidendrum difforme ORCHIDACEAE Plot 134
Vahl's boxwood Buxus vahlii BUXACEAEPlot 158:Plot 164:Plot 166:Plot 19a
Vanuatu fan palm Licuala grandis ARECACEAEPlot 112:Plot 128c:Plot 132:Plot 138b:Plot 138c:Plot 146:Plot 148:Plot 152
varia Cordia gerascanthus BORAGINACEAE Plot 21varnish leaf Dodonaea viscosa SAPINDACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 97bvega blanca Brunfelsia lactea SOLANACEAE Plot 27d:Plot 50
vegetable ivory palm Hyphaene petersiana ARECACEAE Plot 114:Plot 84a
velvet leaf Kalanchoe beharensis CRASSULACEAE Plot 31velvet-apple Diospyros blancoi EBENACEAE Plot 35
velvet-leaf psychotria Psychotria sulzneri RUBIACEAE Plot 25
velvet-seed:frogwood Guettarda krugii RUBIACEAE Plot 164
verawood Bulnesia arborea ZYGOPHYLLACEAEPlot 101c:Plot 12:Plot 138b:Plot 34:Plot 37:Plot 57a
Vonitra:Vonitrandrano
Dypsis utilis ARECACEAE Plot 71a
walking fern Adiantum caudatum ADIANTACEAE RPH-A5:RPH-B8walking iris Trimezia martinicensis IRIDACEAE Plot 35Wamin bamboo Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' POACEAE Plot 159
Warri Cohune Astrocaryum mexicanum ARECACEAEPlot 142:Plot 146:Plot 148:Plot 149:Plot 151:Plot 152:Plot 71a:Plot 75
wart fern Microsorum scolopendria POLYPODIACEAEPlot 112:Plot 130:Plot 133:Plot 134
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTS
water lily Nymphaea 'Autumn Crush' NYMPHAEACEAE Founders' Pool:Victoria Pool
water lily Nymphaea 'BluBop' NYMPHAEACEAEAmphitheater Pool:Founders' Pool
water lily Nymphaea 'Day Glow' NYMPHAEACEAE Palm Glade Pool
water lily Nymphaea 'Foxfire' NYMPHAEACEAE Founders' Pool:Victoria Pool
water lily Nymphaea 'Green Smoke' NYMPHAEACEAE Founders' Pool
water lilyNymphaea 'Midnight Serenade'
NYMPHAEACEAE Founders' Pool
water lily Nymphaea 'Ostara' NYMPHAEACEAE Founders' Pool:Victoria Pool
water lily Nymphaea 'Ruby' NYMPHAEACEAE Palm Glade Pool
water lilyNymphaea 'Wood's Blue Goddess'
NYMPHAEACEAE Palm Glade Pool
water lily Nymphaea 'Zolfo Star' NYMPHAEACEAE Founders' Poolwater-lily Nymphaea 'Bayou Blue' NYMPHAEACEAE Founders' Pool
water-lily Nymphaea 'Charlie's Pride' NYMPHAEACEAEAmphitheater Pool:Victoria Pool
water-lily Nymphaea 'Islamorada' NYMPHAEACEAE Amphitheater Pool
water-lily Nymphaea 'Miami Rose' NYMPHAEACEAEAmphitheater Pool:Victoria Pool
water-lily Nymphaea 'Midnight' NYMPHAEACEAEAmphitheater Pool:Founders' Pool
water-lily Nymphaea 'Star of Zanzibar' NYMPHAEACEAE Amphitheater Pool
water-lily Nymphaea 'William McLane' NYMPHAEACEAE Amphitheater Pool
wax flower Hoya carnosa ASCLEPIADACEAE Plot 4wax jambu Syzygium samarangense MYRTACEAE Plot 46
wax myrtle:southern bayberry
Myrica cerifera MYRICACEAEPlot 134:Plot 156c:Plot 19a:Plot 62
wax rose Pereskia bleo CACTACEAE Plot 6
weeping bottlebrush Melaleuca viminalis MYRTACEAE Plot 62:Plot 77
West African rubber tree
Ficus vogelii MORACEAE Plot 99a:Plot 99b
West Indian ebony:Jamaican rain tree
Brya ebenus FABACEAE Plot 158:Plot 19b
West Indian elm Guazuma ulmifolia MALVACEAE Plot 158:Plot 35
West Indian laurel fig Ficus americana MORACEAE Plot 17
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSWest Indian mahogany
Swietenia mahagoni MELIACEAEPlot 195:Plot 197:Plot 2:Plot 58:Plot 61
West Indian oak:Yoke-wood
Catalpa longissima BIGNONIACEAE Plot 142:Plot 29
West Indian red cedar Juniperus barbadensis CUPRESSACEAE Plot 163
West Indian redwood:American muskwood
Guarea guidonia MELIACEAE Plot 133:Plot 151
West Indian royal palm:Caribbee royal
Roystonea oleracea ARECACEAEPlot 133:Plot 54:Plot 66:Plot 81:Plot 82:Plot 83:Plot 86
West Indian tree fern Cyathea arborea CYATHEACEAE Plot 152:RPH-B1
West Indian tufted airplant
Guzmania monostachia BROMELIACEAE Plot 3b
West Indian-lilac Tetrazygia bicolor MELASTOMATACEAE Plot 176a
Wheeler's peperomia Peperomia wheeleri PIPERACEAE Plot 21
whisk-fern Psilotum nudum PSILOTACEAE Plot 135:Plot 3bwhite bat flower Tacca integrifolia TACCACEAE RPH-A2
white bird of paradise Strelitzia nicolai STRELITZIACEAE Plot 102:Plot 123b:Plot 137
white calliandra Calliandra formosa FABACEAE Plot 164white candles Whitfieldia elongata ACANTHACEAE RPH-B7
white chenille plant Acalypha hispida 'Alba' EUPHORBIACEAE Plot 4
white elephant palm Kerriodoxa elegans ARECACEAEPlot 112:Plot 119:Plot 131:Plot 152
white frangipani Plumeria alba APOCYNACEAE Plot 172white ironwood Hypelate trifoliata SAPINDACEAE Plot 164white king's mantle:white clock bush
Thunbergia erecta 'Alba' ACANTHACEAE Plot 29:Plot 4
white king's mantle:white clock bush
Thunbergia erecta 'Blue Moon'
ACANTHACEAE Plot 4
white mangrove Laguncularia racemosa COMBRETACEAE Plot 164:Plot 71b:Plot 99b
white Queen's wreath Petrea volubilis 'Albiflora' VERBENACEAE Plot 4
white sapote Casimiroa edulis 'Smathers' RUTACEAE Plot 39
white stopper Eugenia axillaris MYRTACEAE Plot 195:Plot 3bwhite sunbonnets Chaptalia albicans ASTERACEAE Plot 176a
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COMMON NAME BOTANIC NAME FAMILY PLOTSwhite wood Lagunaria patersonii MALVACEAEwhite-top pitcher plant
Sarracenia leucophylla SARRACENIACEAE RPH-B7
wide strap fern Campyloneurum latum POLYPODIACEAE Plot 64
widespread polypody Pecluma dispersa POLYPODIACEAE Plot 3b
wild boston fern Nephrolepis exaltata POLYPODIACEAE Plot 83
wild cane:cane grass Lasiacis divaricata POACEAE Plot 164
wild cinnamon bark Canella winterana CANELLACEAEPlot 153a:Plot 154:Plot 19a:Plot 19b:Plot 51
wild coffee Psychotria nervosa RUBIACEAE
Plot 143:Plot 17:Plot 171:Plot 19a:Plot 24:Plot 25:Plot 3b:Plot 50:Plot 55a:Plot 64
wild dilly Manilkara jaimiqui SAPOTACEAE Plot 163:Plot 50wild iris Dietes grandiflora IRIDACEAE Plot 49
wild lime:prickly ash Zanthoxylum fagara RUTACEAE Plot 164:Plot 19a:Plot 19b
wild nutmeg Virola surinamensis MYRISTICACEAE Plot 151wild pear Dombeya rotundifolia MALVACEAE Plot 35wild plantain Heliconia bihai HELICONIACEAE Plot 76wild plantain Heliconia caribaea HELICONIACEAE Plot 72wild plumbago:doctorbush:devil's herb
Plumbago scandens PLUMBAGINACEAE Plot 19b
wild potato:man-in-the-ground
Ipomoea microdactyla CONVOLVULACEAE Plot 6
wild sage Lantana involucrata VERBENACEAE Plot 176a:Plot 19b:Plot 61wild tamarind Lysiloma latisiliquum FABACEAE Plot 133:Plot 164:Plot 192wild tree tobacco Acnistus arborescens SOLANACEAE Plot 128a:Plot 143wild-chestnut Pachira insignis MALVACEAE Plot 55a
wine palm Pseudophoenix vinifera ARECACEAEPlot 101a:Plot 101b:Plot 113:Plot 169:Plot 43:Plot 87c
winged sumac Rhus copallinum ANACARDIACEAE Plot 19bwire bluestem Schizachyrium gracile POACEAE Plot 176awispy fan palm Livistona inermis ARECACEAE Plot 172
woolly morning glory Argyreia nervosa CONVOLVULACEAE Plot 4
woolly pyramidflower:teabush:broomwood
Melochia tomentosa MALVACEAEPlot 164:Plot 176a:Plot 19b:Plot 57a:Plot 97b
yarua:brasiletto Caesalpinia violacea FABACEAE Plot 153a:Plot 21
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Yeddo-hawthornRhaphiolepis umbellata var. umbellata
ROSACEAE Plot 61
yellow alder Turnera ulmifolia PASSIFLORACEAE Plot 57ayellow elder Tecoma stans BIGNONIACEAE Plot 143yellow geiger Cordia lutea BORAGINACEAE Plot 22:Plot 52yellow latan palm Latania verschaffeltii ARECACEAE Plot 108:Plot 99b
yellow mangosteen Randia fitzalanii RUBIACEAE Plot 151:Plot 25
yellow necklacepodSophora tomentosa var. truncata
FABACEAE Plot 19b
yellow prickly apple Harrisia aboriginum CACTACEAE Plot 6
yellow royal poinciana
Delonix regia var. flavida FABACEAE Plot 1
yellow water-lily Nymphaea mexicana NYMPHAEACEAECenter Lake:Glade Lake:Royal Palm Lake
yellowtop Flaveria linearis ASTERACEAE Plot 17:Plot 19byesterday, today & tomorrow
Brunfelsia pauciflora SOLANACEAE Plot 57a
yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
Brunfelsia uniflora SOLANACEAE Plot 25:Plot 27d
ylang-ylang Cananga odorata ANNONACEAEPlot 131:Plot 142:Plot 152:Plot 17:Plot 57a
zebra plant Calathea zebrina MARANTACEAE RPH-B6zirocote Cordia dodecandra BORAGINACEAE Plot 52
zombi palm Zombia antillarum ARECACEAEPlot 102:Plot 113:Plot 142:Plot 143:Plot 158:Plot 71b